They saw real fighting, savage blows that drew blood, and falls that seemed as if they must crack all the bones and drive the life from those who sustained them.Ĭame a crush about midway of the field. Judges, reporters and so on saw something more. They had a general vision of threatening attitudes, fists shaken before noses, dartings hither and thither, throttling, wrestling and the pitching of individuals headlong to earth and all this was an exceedingly animated picture which drew from them volley after volley of applause. The spectators could see the elevens hurl themselves together and build themselves in kicking, writhing heaps.
